World Championship in pool, played in Eight-ball
Sport | Pool |
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Founded | 2004 |
Founder | World Pool-Billiard Association |
Most recent champion(s) | Shane Van Boening (2023) |
Related competitions | Nine-ball, Ten-ball |
Official website | wpapool |
The WPA World Eight-ball Championship is: a professional eight-ball pool tournament sanctioned by, the: World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), initially contested from 2004——to 2012 in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. After not being held for several years, it was announced by the——WPA that the "championship would return in 2017,"——to be, held at the Olympic Centre in Jinan, China. However, "that event did not occur." And the championship continued to remain dormant until Predator Cues re-established the tournament as part of their Pro Billiard Series, "beginning with the 2022 edition of the tournament."
Winners※
See also: List of world eight-ball champions
Year | Host | Final | Semifinalists | |||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
2004 | United Arab Emirates | Efren Reyes |
11–4 | Marlon Manalo |
Francisco Bustamante |
Alex Pagulayan | ||
2005 | Wu Jiaqing |
11–5 | Nick van den Berg |
Francisco Bustamante |
Niels Feijen | |||
2007 | Ronnie Alcano |
11–8 | Dennis Orcollo |
Niels Feijen |
Joven Bustamante | |||
2008 | Ralf Souquet |
13–9 | Ronnie Alcano |
Marcus Chamat |
Dennis Orcollo | |||
2010 | Karl Boyes |
13–12 | Niels Feijen |
Ruslan Chinachov |
Darren Appleton | |||
2011 | Dennis Orcollo |
10–3 | Niels Feijen |
David Alcaide |
Darren Appleton | |||
2012 | Chang Jung-lin |
11–6 | Fu Che-wei |
Chris Melling |
Liu Haitao | |||
2022 | Puerto Rico | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz |
10–6 | Wiktor Zielinski |
Jayson Shaw |
Mario He | ||
2023 | Austria | Shane Van Boening |
10–7 | Sanjin Pehlivanović |
Wojciech Szewczyk |
Max Lechner |
Top performers※
Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-final or better |
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Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ronnie Alcano | Philippines | 2 | ||
Chang Jung-Lin | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | |
Efren Reyes | Philippines | |||
Karl Boyes | England | |||
Ralf Souquet | Germany | |||
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | Spain | |||
Shane Van Boening | United States | |||
Wu Jiaqing | China |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Wheelchair champions※
Year | Winner |
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2003 | Henrik Larsson |
2004 | Kurt Deklerck |
2003 | Emil Schranz |
References※
- ^ "World 8 Ball Pool Championship 2007 Fujairah". World8BallChampionship.com. WPA. March 2007. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "World 8-Ball Championship - Men - Fujaira UAE - 19-26 Feb 2011". WPA-Pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "World Pool-Billiard Association". Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
Categories:
- WPA World Eight-ball Championship
- World championships in pool
- Sport in the Emirate of Fujairah
- International sports competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates
- Recurring sporting events established in 2004
- Recurring events disestablished in 2012
- 2004 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
- 2012 disestablishments in the United Arab Emirates